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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

paperback. The fatherless Moody family moved from Colorado to Medford, Massachusetts, in 1912, when the author was entering his teens. 'I tried as hard as I could to be a city boy, but I didn't have very good luck', he says. So he is sent to his grandfather's farm in Maine, where he finds a new set of adventures. Illustrator(s): Shenton, Edward. Num Pages: 335 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Bison Books United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803281943
ISBN
9780803281943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.88

Paperback. Working under the code name 'Ashlyn', Jennifer Hunter leads a double life. Her friends and family all think she's an investment banker who's too busy to date. In reality, Jennifer is a professional honey-trap, hired by suspicious wives and girlfriends to test the fidelity of the men in their lives. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 406. Good clean copy showing light shelf and reading wear, remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0011728
ISBN
9780091928445
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. For fans of Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, The Fever is Megan Abbott's dark and thrilling novel about a mysterious illness that sweeps through a high school. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2000th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447226338
ISBN
9781447226338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Two rival families. One East End. The explosive first novel in the Mitchells & O'Haras trilogy Series: The Mitchells and O'Haras Trilogy. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKES; 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3JJPR; FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008228644
ISBN
9780008228644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.38

paperback. Offering a strange sort of summation and laughter, this titles casts light on the most serious of problems and at the same time saying not one serious sentence. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 198 x 10. Weight in Grams: 108.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Faber And Faber Ltd.
Condition
New
SKU
9780571316496
ISBN
9780571316496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cinnamon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910836712
ISBN
9781910836712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 4.74

Paperback. A story about sexual fantasy in which the main character, Arno Strine, a temporary typist, has mastered the technique of freezing time so that he can undress women. Nicholson Baker is the author of "Vox". Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
First Printing (by the Numbers), Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286714
ISBN
9780099286714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.86

Paperback. Beautiful and independent, Arabella has been brought up in rural seclusion by her widowed father. Devoted to reading French romances, the young woman imagines all sorts of misadventures that can befall a heroine such as herself. This is a parody of the style of Cervantes, and a telling and comic depiction of eighteenth-century English society. Editor(s): Gilroy, Amanda; Verhoeven, Wil. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140439878
ISBN
9780140439878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. The first novel from the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk about Kevin is a compelling and provocative story of love and how we suffer for it. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 34. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007564019
ISBN
9780007564019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Urania Cabral, a New York lawyer, returns to the Dominican Republic after a lifelong self-imposed exile. Once she is back in her homeland, the elusive feeling of terror that has overshadowed her whole life suddenly takes shape. Urania's own story alternates with the powerful climax of dictator Rafael Trujillo's reign. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 199 x 31. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571288625
ISBN
9780571288625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413775986
ISBN
9780413775986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.44

Paperback. This warm and lyrical semi-autobiographical first novel by singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen charts the coming of age of Lawrence Breavman, the only son of a Jewish Montreal family. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 116 x 25. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007318391
ISBN
9780007318391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.41

Paperback. Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 131 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Random House Children´s UK
Condition
New
SKU
9780141345659
ISBN
9780141345659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.64

paperback. Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 130 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141355078
ISBN
9780141355078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Editor(s): Cataldo, Giancarlo Del. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Europa Editions United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933372723
ISBN
9781933372723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.02

Paperback. Bonte III was five years old. A cow at that age is at her prime. Prime is an accounting term. A dairy farm is a business and must be managed as such. From this perspective, Bonte III's days were numbered. Numbered is not an empty word. She had been a good representative of her breed. A cow, after all, has no need to try to be a cow. Series: Literary Translation. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Publisher
University of Ottawa Press Canada
Number of pages
100
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780776622859
ISBN
9780776622859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Beijing, sometime in the near future: a month has gone missing from official records. No one has any memory of it, and no one can care less. Except for a small circle of friends, who will stop at nothing to get to the bottom of the sinister cheerfulness and amnesia that has possessed the Chinese nation. Translator(s): Duke, Michael. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552776974
ISBN
9780552776974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

paperback. In this first of six novels, Tremblay fictionalizes the lives of his beloved characters, dramatized so brilliantly in his plays. Translator(s): Fischman, Sheila. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Talonbooks Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889221901
ISBN
9780889221901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.85

Paperback. The Fat of Fed Beasts is an ambitious literary mix of existential uncertainty, murder, bureaucracy, unreliable father figures and disaffected policemen. It asks why we do what we do, whether it matters, and what, if anything, our lives are worth. And it's funny. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Salt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784630249
ISBN
9781784630249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. The first collection of short stories published by Peter Carey, whose other books include "Bliss", "Illywhacker" and "Oscar and Lucinda", which was awarded the 1988 Booker Prize. The stories, set in an ominous near-future that has a feel of contemporary life, are by turn bizarre and funny. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571144389
ISBN
9780571144389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

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